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  • Doozergirl
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    michaels wrote: »
    Basically anything that isn't moving....

    It's the other way around :o
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  • Nikkster
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    Doozergirl wrote: »
    It's the other way around :o

    I'm sorry. That made me giggle :o
  • silvercar
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    michaels wrote: »

    Two other houses we were thinking might make BTLs that have both been for sale for ages gone under offer in the last 2 days - is there some sort of property frenzy going on at the moment?

    I think so. Prices have increased so people are worrying they will increase further. Makes no sense.
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  • Nikkster
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    After the recent chat about NHS(/ education) funding - there is a relevant article on the BBC News website today. Thought some of you might find it interesting:
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31136740
    'At a time when a fiercely partisan political debate is raging around the NHS, what the IFS has to say about health spending is especially valuable.

    The IFS looks through the same crystal ball as Simon Stevens and his colleagues at NHS England, casting forward to how the NHS might look at the end of the next parliament in the financial year 2020/21.

    The premise is that the health service in England will have a funding gap of around £30 billion in that year - that's the difference between anticipated demand for care and an NHS budget which rises in line with inflation but no more.

    Mr Stevens has said that more than two thirds of the gap can be closed by efficiency savings and productivity improvements but £8 billion above inflation will still have to be found in that year by whoever is in government...'
  • Doozergirl
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    Nikkster wrote: »
    I'm sorry. That made me giggle :o

    I couldn't help it. I tried. I really tried.
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  • Yorkie1
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    What is stationery? I don't buy any stationery, so clueless how that'd be included in a list of grocery shopping items.

    I remember it by:

    - cars are stationary
    - letters (and envelopes) are stationery

    :)
  • Nikkster
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    Yorkie1 wrote: »
    I remember it by:

    - cars are stationary
    - letters (and envelopes) are stationery

    :)

    The 'a' in stationary is like a bicycle kickstand thingy, should keep it nice and still. The e in stationery can roll around all over the place.

    Nikkster, age (3)2 3/4
  • LydiaJ
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Ah. We never had that when I was a kid. Different world. We had one pen, one pencil case that'd probably last 4-5 years, some pencils/crayons and a rubber that'd probably last your entire school lifetime.

    I've got stationery - some pads/paper from many years back... but I'd say my annual stationery spend is about 50p, so certainly not something I'd ever mention, think about etc.

    It also includes paper, both for writing on and for printing on, likewise printer ink.
    Nikkster wrote: »
    The 'a' in stationary is like a bicycle kickstand thingy, should keep it nice and still. The e in stationery can roll around all over the place.

    Nikkster, age (3)2 3/4

    Stationery used to come from a stationer's shop, spelt with er like butcher, baker and candlestick maker.
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.     :)
  • Generali
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    LydiaJ wrote: »
    It also includes paper, both for writing on and for printing on, likewise printer ink.



    Stationery used to come from a stationer's shop, spelt with er like butcher, baker and candlestick maker.

    That's how I remember it. You don't go to a stationars!
  • silvercar
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    LydiaJ wrote: »
    Stationery used to come from a stationer's shop, spelt with er like butcher, baker and candlestick maker.

    I never understood how a candlestick maker made money. Assume people would visit the butcher and baker regularly, but why would you need new candlesticks?
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